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Jackie Linden

Another Year Pig Producers Would Prefer to Forget?

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

18 February 2016

5 minute read

Feed Grains Markets Grow in a Shrinking World

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

29 October 2015

7 minute read

Role of Dietary Fibre in Diets for Growing Pigs - Part 2

Disease Husbandry Herd management

11 September 2015

7 minute read

Optimising nutritional efficiency has become more of a challenge as modern feed formulations contain more sources of fibre, so Zhimin Huang and colleagues from the University of Minnesota produced this report looking at improvements in artificial feed digestibility measurements.

Field Testing a Filter for Disease Control on Pig Transport Trailers

Disease Managing disease Husbandry

28 August 2015

6 minute read

Evaluation of a prototype air filtration system installed on a transport trailer showed that the use of selected microbial filters can effectively capture bioaerosols and prevent entry into the interior or the trailer, report Bernardo Predicala, Alvin Alvarado and Samantha Ekanayake of the Prairie Swine Centre in Canada in the Centre's latest Annual Report.

New Advances in Co-products in Animal Feed

Disease Husbandry Herd management

21 August 2015

4 minute read

Wheat distillers dried grains with solubles (wDDGS) is a promising type of crop co-product which can be used in animal feed.

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September 2014

EU Animal Feed Body to Work Closer with Romania, Bulgaria

Husbandry Research and innovation Industry and legislation

3 September 2014

2 minute read

Effects of Microbial Phytase on Digestibility of Calcium in Calcium Supplements Fed to Growing Pigs

Disease Husbandry Herd management

3 September 2014

5 minute read

Both measures of calcium digestibility were higher for mono- and dicalcium phosphate than for calcium carbonate or products derived from seaweed or sugar beet, according to research at the Hans H. Stein Monogastric Nutrition Laboratory at the University of Illinois. The inclusion of microbial phytase increased the digestibility of calcium only in calcium carbonate.

Customer Testimonial: Hypor Maxter

SPONSOR Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Feed and nutrition

2 September 2014

6 minute read

Prevalence and Financial Implications of Welfare Lesions in Irish Slaughter Pigs

Disease Pig Welfare Tail biting

2 September 2014

3 minute read

More than 40 per cent of the profit margin per pig could be attributable to tail biting in this study from Ireland.

Comparison of Four Lung Scoring Systems for Assessment of the Outcomes Derived from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Infections

Disease Managing disease Treatments and prevention

2 September 2014

3 minute read

New research from Spain reveals that slaughterhouse pleurisy evaluation, consolidation lung lesion score and image analyses are satisfactory lung scoring methods for experimental Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infections.

Timing the Purchase of Your Project Pig

Husbandry Herd management

2 September 2014

9 minute read

Tom Guthrie, Statewide Extension Educator with Michigan State University, explains how to boost your chances of winning with your show pig by optimising its growth rate up to the competition.

Weekly Overview: Russia, China and Agricultural Trade

Markets Industry and legislation Policy and regulation

1 September 2014

4 minute read

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